Winter Sports

In the last regular season meet of the season, the Yale men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were victorious over the visiting Brown Bears. Heading into the Ivy League Championships, the men are tied for second with Columbia and Princeton while the women are seated solidly in third.

Despite uncharacteristic mistakes that led to a season-low team score, strong individual performances propelled the Yale gymnastics team to a victory over visiting Springfield College on Saturday. The Bulldogs defeated the Pride 188.650–184.250 and placed first in every event, though Springfield College senior Abby Clark took the all-around title.

In a battle against some of collegiate fencing’s top-ranked teams, the Yale women’s and men’s squads fell to their Ivy League foes at the conference’s Round Robin tournament in New York on Sunday and Monday.

As the regular season nears its end and competition for a spot in the NCAA tournament heats up, the Yale men’s ice hockey team finds itself in the middle of a tightly packed ECAC after a dramatic win on Friday and a loss on Saturday.

The Yale men’s basketball team very nearly escaped this weekend with a seemingly insurmountable three-game edge in the Ivy League. Instead, the Bulldogs now find themselves tied for first after a tough loss on Saturday to Harvard.

The Yale women’s hockey team endured a weekend of highs and lows, suffering a devastating defeat to rival No. 4 Harvard on Friday, but rebounding with a big win Saturday against Dartmouth to hold its position in the ECAC.

Only 24 hours after its dominant 3–0 victory against Ivy League rival Harvard, the Yale men's hockey team was unable to complete the weekend sweep, coming up short against the Dartmouth Big Green by a final score of 6–4.